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Getting kids on Tahoe’s slopes
To many families, winter in Tahoe means ski lessons, season passes and bluebird days together at a favorite resort. But not to all: With rising poverty rates, teenage obesity at an all-time high and more single-parent homes than ever before, not all kids have the means or opportunity to learn a winter sport. Fortunately, there [...]
Q&A with Julia Mancuso; talking lingerie, tiaras, podiums and Sochi
Raised on the slopes of Squaw Valley USA, skier Julia Mancuso has three Olympic medals (more than any other American female alpine skier) and a fistful of World Championship and World Cup podium finishes to her name. When not flying down a snow-covered mountain, “Super Jules,” as she is known to her fellow U.S. Ski [...]
Daron Rahlves gets you pumped for ski season
Four-time Olympian, most decorated American male downhill and Super G skier and winner of the legendary Hahnenkamm, Sugar Bowl Ambassador and Truckee resident Daron Rahlves still hits it hard every winter. But the secret of his success is the off-season: “The more you do in summer, the less you’re going to be sore and get [...]
Stars Tee Up on South Shore
Where can you see Michael Jordan going one-on-one against Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, or New Jersey Devils all-star goalie Martin Brodeur trying to fend off the Boston Celtics great Ray Allen? Where can you find New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan giving pointers to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers? And where does one of the greatest baseball rotations [...]
Featured Sculptor: June Towill Brown
“The horse as a subject transcends all nationalities,” says Incline Village sculptor June Towill Brown. “Everyone loves and understands horses.” Brown captures the restless spirit of the animal—namely Arabian stallions, Friesians and, most recently, the Gypsy Vanner, a breed of draft horse originating in England—in her award-winning bronze sculptures. Yet, her passion for her subject [...]
Old Guys Rule
To those age-group athletes fretting that their best years are behind them, think again. The good news: If you’ve been hammering the roads, trails, slopes and waterways for most of your adult life, you’ve probably lost only a little of your overall fitness. Take solace in local race results—in cross-country skiing, quinquagenarians regularly trounce athletes half their age. In ultra-marathons, athletes [...]
Natural Rhythms: Summer is the season of love for local flora and fauna
Summer is when plants and animals go about the business of reproduction. To that end, they employ a dazzling array of communication techniques, appealing to all of our (and hopefully potential mates’) senses in the process. Here is a sampler of the summer’s great communicators. Songs and sounds Territorial vocalizations attract mates and ward off potential competitors, but those performances [...]
Playing with Fire
There’s something about a fire that draws a crowd: An outdoor fire pit or fireplace provides warmth on brisk Tahoe summer nights and adds a focal point for al fresco gatherings. “We see an outdoor fire feature in almost every new home that gets constructed,” says Tom Just of Truckee’s Mountain Home Center. “People love the idea,” adds Tom Bork [...]
Featured: Woodworker Malcolm Tibbetts
One end of the square-knot sculpture Martin’s Dream is primarily ebony; the other side, bird’s-eye maple. “There’s a mix of colors in the center of the knot,” says South Lake Tahoe artist Malcolm Tibbetts. “That’s where the strength is.” Tibbetts is a segmented wood turner. He cuts hundreds or thousands of small, perfectly angled wedges of wood—mainly dense hardwoods like mesquite, [...]
Tahoe Takes Off
Folks who want to fly directly to Lake Tahoe now need not own a private jet. Lake Tahoe Air, which launched July 1, is a new charter air service based out of Las Vegas, with connections to South Lake Tahoe, San Jose and Orange County. “The biggest convenience is not having to drive from Reno,” says Lake Tahoe Air founder Mike Zeid, [...]
